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Originally Posted by Bothwell
Surely his record cannot stand ? Was he clean when he did it. I love baseball, we don't see much of it over here. I would be highly suspicious of his records as to whether they were drug assisted.
Has anyone read Jose Canseco's book yet ?
BTW, excuse my ignorance but would Bonds be elected to Hall of fame ? should he or any other player who has been proven to use steroids be allowed in. If he gets in I am going to lobby for my hero Shoeless Joe Jackson, he may have taken the money but he never threw a game and he tried to give it back!!
From a limey MLB fan
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Bothwell, I don't know how old you are or how long you have been a baseball fan but I think the power aspect which is enhanced by steriods has ruined the game.
Everything is geared to the long ball. When I was young, back in the stone age,
every kid not only knew who was leading the homerun race but who had the most stolen bases, who had the top batting average, who was turning the most double plays.
Most kids nowadays have no idea who gets a gold glove.
One of the sports channels here in the US did a show on how the game has changed just since the 60's and I was really surprised by some of what I heard.
For instance the average length of a game was 1 and 1/2 hrs compare to the 2 and 1/2 or better today . The winning pitcher threw an average of 75 pitches and pitched 7 or better innings much less than today. ( Strike zone was bigger forcing the batter to swing away).
Sparky Anderson was interviewed and said put the strike zone back where it belongs and you would see more bunts, hit and runs, squeeze plays in other words more action.
Guess I'm showing my age huh?
Will he make it to the Hall? Sure. M-O-N-E-Y